St. Sebastian Catholic Church (Historic) - Byron Center, Michigan USA - Roman Catholic Churches on Waymarking.com

“In the year of 1852, a small group of pioneers from Germany and northern Ohio, who had settled in the wood 18 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, built a little log church on property donated by John Jacob Wolf.
Services were held as regularly as possible by Priests journeying from Grand Rapids and Wright, 25 miles north.
Definite and personal records of those years, a century ago, are not available, but the naems of some of the hardy souls who left their imprint on the life of this territory were: John Jacob Wolf's sons, Peter, Jacob and Baitas; John, Sebastian and Peter Homrich families; John and Matthias Miller families; Phillip Young, Fritz Endres, Thomas Debri, John Frantz, Peter Budinger, Peter Steffes, Peter Debri and Joseph Simon, among many others.
The log church was used until about 1890, when it became unsafe and the members of the Byron Parish united with , St. Mary's Church at North Dorr for the next six years.  But St. Mary's was truck by lightning in 1896 and burned to the ground.  The north Allegan County line being the dividing line between the Detroit and Grand Rapids Dioceses, Bishop Richter of Grand Rapids with the aid of Father Egge of Wright, reorganized the Byron Parish, and services and school were held in a hall near the location of the former log church, until 1901.
Rev. F. H. Ruessmann was the first resident pastor and under his direction, the rectory was built in 1899, at a cash outlay of $1,003.00, with local material and labor. In 1901, Father Ruessmann was succeeded by Father Anthony Eikelman, during whose time the present church was built…”
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9408 Wilson Avenue SW
Byron Center, Michigan
49315 USA
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Type of Church: Church Status of Building: Actively in use for worship Date of organization: 01/01/1852 Date of building construction: 01/01/1901 Diocese: Grand Rapids Address/Location: 9408 Wilson Avenue SW Byron Center, Michigan 49315 USA Byron Center, Michigan USA 49315 Relvant Web Site: [Web Link] Dominant Architectural Style: Not listed Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed Archdiocese: Not listed

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